Defiant protests continue in the western Syrian city of Homs, as three more protesters are reportedly shot dead by security forces. Video courtesy of Reuters and photo courtesy of AP.

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... the the the the the the gunfire on the streets of pimps ... the Syrian security forces cracked down on continued protests ... three protesters were reportedly shot dead in overnight violence in the West and Kurian City ... rights campaigners say it reached twenty pro democracy demonstrators have been killed in the past two days ... in response to the government began to treatment of protesters prominent civic leaders and into Sunday that the region calling for an end the bloodshed of HON Syrians ... and denied allegations that some of the groups are operating in the city ... the country's Interior Ministry had earlier described the unrest is an insurrection by farm groups belonging to some of that organization's ... trying to terrorize the population ... cynicism is a strict form of Sunni Islam that many Arab governments quick with militant groups like al-Qaeda ... the government has passed a draft law to lift a decades old state of emergency is a concession ... but in terms of the move was coupled with new legislation requiring Syrians to obtain a permit from the state ... if they want to hold demonstrations ... rights groups say that more than two hundred people have been killed across Syria since protests began ... the ... Travis Sprecher ... Reuters ...